Passed in response to reports of the so-called "knockout game" in Connecticut cities, a new law specifically assigns a charge of second-degree assault in any case where someone, without provocation, strikes a person in the head intentionally, causing serious injury and rendering the person unconscious. The crime is classified as a class D felony and makes the accused ineligible for the state's accelerated rehabilitation program.

Passed in response to reports of the so-called "knockout game" in Connecticut cities, a new law specifically assigns a charge of second-degree assault in any case where someone, without provocation, strikes a person in the head intentionally, causing serious injury and rendering the person unconscious. The crime is classified as a class D felony and makes the accused ineligible for the state's accelerated rehabilitation program. (Fotolia)